> Interactive Systems & Technologies, LLC was
founded in March, 1994 in Oxford, CT. Later that year, ISTmoved to larger
facilities in Canton, GA, just north of the Metro Atlanta area. After 7 years of
dramatic growth, IST then moved to its
current facility in Jasper, GA, about 20 miles north of their previous location
in Canton, in the North Georgia mountains.

The Early Years...

But that's not the whole story of IST. The story actually began in
Naugatuck, CT in 1975,
when company founder and president Scott Korowotny purchased his first Mustang,
a 1969 Candy Apple Red fastback. That purchase started a lifelong love affair
with Fords. In the years immediately after 1975, he began restoring and selling
vintage Mustangs and Cougars, and always owned one for himself, a 1969 Mustang GT
convertible. But sadly, the supply of restorable cars in the Northeast began to
run out in the mid 1980's. Gas prices shot up, economy cars were in, performance was out, the
internet was still years away, and the future looked bleak. So Scott went back
to college and earned both a Computer and Electrical Engineering degree in the
early 1980's. But then, Ford
re-introduced the 302 cid 2 BBL Mustang GT in 1982, and then the 302 cid 4 BBL Mustang GT in 1984.
Although
they were vastly
under-powered, the future of performance started to look a little brighter.

Ford Breaks from the Past...

1986 was a revolutionary year. It was the year that Ford and
carburetors parted ways. While some seventies and eighties cars had
various primitive forms of mechanical or electronic fuel injection, 1986 marked the first year
that Ford introduced the sequential multi-port speed-density fuel injection
systems on the 302 V8's. Now the only "carbureted" cars that Ford sold (through
1991) were the 351 Variable Venturi LTD Crown Victoria Police Package cars. Ford
then rolled out sequential multi-port mass-air systems in California in 1988,
making it available nationwide in 1989. Scott immediately recognized the potential this
had for performance tuning. He began experimenting and modifying these systems
in earnest. But soon, a big problem became apparent. While these new systems worked
well in stock form from the factory, adding performance parts or modifications
became a hunting/surging nightmare. In order to modify and tune these newer
engines, it required a vast amount of knowledge to alter the electronics and
computer code. Scott began to think there had to be a better way, a way that was
simple to do and understand, so everyone would be able tune their car as easily
as they had in the past, by changing jets and turning adjusting screws. Early
testing reveled that the largest problems these new systems faced was the
ability to adjust the air/fuel ratio to compensate for engine performance
modifications. There really was no way to adjust the air/fuel ratio, as it was set
from the factory by the calibration of the mass-air sensor and the computer
code. Scott thought - "Hummm, if there were only some way to adjust the
air, that would alter the fuel as well..."

A New Beginning...

In 1992, Scott designed and built what would later become IST's
first product, The Air Adjuster!! This revolutionary device plugged in-between
the mass-air sensor and the harness and allows you to adjust the air/fuel ratio
with a simple turn of an adjustment screw. Realizing the potential for this
product, Scott formally launched IST in March of 1994 and the rest, as
they say, is history. The Air Adjuster!! was and still is to this day the
company's best selling product. In late 1994 the company moved south to be
closer to the NASCAR-inspired performance centers of the Southeastern US. Of course, more products have been steadily added
over the years, most years ahead of the competition when released. And while
other companies have offered the same old thing as everyone else, year after
year, IST is different. IST offers unique products and solutions
that the competition hasn't even thought of yet. IST also offers the
HIGHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE. When working on his own cars over
the years, Scott was frequently disappointed in the quality of parts he bought.
They simply didn't come close to OEM quality. So he made a promise to himself
that the products he sold would be the highest quality, meeting or EXCEEDING OEM
quality, NO EXCUSES. Like his dad
always told him, it was worth doing it RIGHT the first time, because you may not
have a second chance to make it right.

Looking Forward...

IST continues to expand its
product line. And unlike many other companies, we listen to our customers. Many
of our newer products have been designed with customer input. Existing product
lines are constantly being expanded and improved, and several new product lines
will include restoration parts and resto-mod integration parts. Quality still
remains our top priority. But some things never change - even though Scott sold
the 69 Mustang GT convertible many years ago to pay for college, he now owns a
totally rust-free California 1970 Mustang convertible (76B body, M code engine), in Candy Apple Red, of course!